Outcome:

Win

Straight Bet

Max Holloway
(-160)

Max Holloway vs. Anthony Pettis

Breakdown

Max Holloway vs. Anthony Pettis

Holloway’s superior boxing seems to me be the deciding factor. I see Holloway pressuring Pettis throughout the fight, and I see it being a competitive contest in the early rounds. But as the minutes go by, I see Holloway’s tenacity, pressure, and volume in strikes getting the better of Pettis. Pettis just doesn’t throw enough to trust him to win rounds in a five-round fight. His best path to victory is to take Holloway down or for Holloway to get caught by a Pettis submission off of his back.